Local homecare exec receives national recognition

Ruth L. Constant, founder and chief executive officer of Beaumont and Port Arthur Home Health Agencies, was inducted into the National Association for Homecare and Hospice at its recent annual conference.

The NAHC is an organization that has devoted 30 years to advancing homecare and hospice, according to a release. On those guidelines, Constant was chosen as a Hall-of-Famer.

Constant developed the first Home Health Agency in Texas under the Medicare program in July 1966. She also operates Wichita Home Health Service in Wichita Falls. All three of her facilities were opened in 1969 and employ approximately 800 employees.

Constant is also a founding member, and active member, of the board members of the World Homecare and Hospice Organization that was started in 1992.